Genealogy Articles

by Brian Mitchell, Derry Genealogy

Email: genealogy@derrystrabane.com

Background

There are 289 parishes in Northern Ireland (i.e. Counties Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone). You can identify the civil parishes of Northern Ireland,

One of the inter-active features of the visitor attraction

An Post’s €7 million GPO Witness History visitor attraction commemorates the events of 1916. The attraction is an interactive visitor facility bringing

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Altruism is the foundation on which today’s world of genealogy is built. Family history societies around the world were creating databases to share information freely before the

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Military collections from WW1 and other major conflicts are available

With billions of records online at Findmypast, researching your family tree may at first seem a

There are many very useful books on Irish genealogical research.

Among these are:

Tracing your Irish Ancestors by John Grenham (Dublin 1992, revised editions 1999, 2006)

Tracing Irish Ancestors by Máire Mac Conghail

It is difficult to trace someone in the United States when their whereabouts are completely unknown, as there are no central records of names and addresses available to the public.

The striking, ancient fir trees at Glasnevin, looking  towards the award-winning museum

As winners of Tripadvisor’s Traveller’s choice award in 2013, and listed as one of Dublin’s top 3 attractions, Glasnevin

Arigna Mining Experience centre was developed to preserve the energy heritage of the Arigna Valley and to ensure that Arigna maintains its link with energy themes: past, present and future.

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